About the Featured Art

Denise McGill’s tender photographs of Zimbabwean people living with AIDS were commissioned by the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Denise has said of these photographs, “I have always hoped that my photography would be a blessing to those who see it and to those who are in the photos. This is the first time I felt the act of taking photos was directly ministering to anyone.” We thank the IMB for allowing us to share Denise’s work with our readers; they are the first 10 images in this gallery.

Karen Soleau’s exuberant work has graced the pages of this journal several times before; this time, she’s given us two collage-like pictures, image 11 and image 12.

RoJean Madsen took a photojournalistic trip to Pet’s Rest Cemetery in Colma, California, where she met Jennifer, who has visited the grave of her beloved little dog twice a week for two years, and whose portrait appears as image 13. “Perhaps this spiritual practice accounts for the purity of heart I saw in her face,” says RoJean.

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